Dec 06, 1972
90 min
Full-HD

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)

A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.

Category

Comedy Mystery

Country

France

Companies

Madeleine Films Gaumont Les Productions de la Guéville

Pierre Richard

François Perrin

Bernard Blier

Colonel Bernard Milan

Jean Rochefort

Colonel Louis Toulouse

Mireille Darc

Christine

Paul Le Person

Perrache

Jean Carmet

Maurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend

Colette Castel

Paulette Lefebvre

Maurice Barrier

Chaperon, Toulouse agent

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